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The United Kingdom'S Experience With Agri-Environmental Stewardship Schemes: Lessons And Issues For The United States And Europe

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  • Dobbs, Thomas L.
  • Pretty, Jules N.

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The authors draw on the United Kingdom's experience with various agri-environmental schemes since the mid-1980s to identify lessons and issues for expansion of agri-environmental stewardship payment programs in the U.S. and Europe. A key recommendation of the authors is that major stewardship payment initiatives are needed on both sides of the Atlantic at this time to encourage more diverse crop systems, incorporating legume-based rotations. Issues and challenges addressed in the paper include: (1) compatibility of production support and stewardship support; (2) balancing stewardship payments and environmental compliance; (3) opportunities for programs to contribute jointly to social and stewardship objectives; (4) compatibility of World Trade Organization rules with stewardship schemes; (5) capitalization of scheme benefits into land values; (6) how to gain from bottom-up planning and subsidiarity; and (7) whether farmers already practicing 'good stewardship' should qualify for stewardship payments. Issued as South Dakota State University Economics Staff Paper 2001-1 and University of Essex Centre for Environment and Society Occasional Paper 2001-1

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  • Dobbs, Thomas L. & Pretty, Jules N., 2001. "The United Kingdom'S Experience With Agri-Environmental Stewardship Schemes: Lessons And Issues For The United States And Europe," Economics Staff Papers 32014, South Dakota State University, Department of Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:sdsusp:32014
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32014
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